cinder block
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cinder block
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Some of the footage showed the Beach refugee camp, an area of squat, tightly packed cinder block houses, with washing hanging outside.
From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023
When I was in third grade, our survival drills required us to sit with our little faces pressed against the pastel cinder block walls of our school hallway to contemplate the nuclear apocalypse.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2023
In Portland, Ore., a blaze shut down an on-ramp to the Steel Bridge for several days in March after campers tunneled through a cinder block wall and lit a campfire to stay warm.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2023
The camera around my neck feels like a cinder block as I turn in every direction.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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